Watering-trough.



.I. A. MAYNARD.

WATERING THOUGH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. I914.

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Application filed July 24, 1914. Serial No. 852,849.

To all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, JosErH A. MAYNARD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at- Ravena, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Watering- Troughs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is the provision of a watering trough wherein the construction thereof is generally improved over the type of trough forming the subject matter of an application for Letters Patent filed by me on or about the 14th day of March, 1914, and serially numbered 824,708.

lVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, corn bination and arrangement of parts as Wlll be hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a-fragmentary top plan view of a trough constructed in accordance with the invention- Fig. 2' is a vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.-

Similar reference characters indicate c0rresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the watering trough comprises a hollow body 5 which is preferably madefrom cement, the

edges of which are rounded so as to avoid sharp edges which would result in injury to the animal when vdrinking from the trough. The body is formed with vertical transversely disposed partitions 6, 7 and 8, dividing the body into a chamber 9, water reservoir 10, and independent drinking compartments 11 and 12, respectively, the chamber 9 being designed to receive the valve mechanism for controlling the water supply, forming the subject matter of my co-pending application filed on or about March 14, 1914, and serially numbered 824,708, the bottom- 13 of the body 5 being inclined in the direction of the water reservoir 10, while embedded in one side wall of the said body is a water supply pipe 14 having at one point therein a T-union 15, to which is connected an elbow pipe 16, the same depending within the compartment 11' for discharging water thereto, while at the outer free end of the J saidpipe 13 is an elbow pipe 17, the latter depending within the compartment 12 for discharging water into the same. The other or inner'end of the pipe 14 is suitably connected with a water main which is extended into the chamber 9. Leading to the water reservoir 10 and superimposed upon the inclined bottom 13 of the body 5 is a pipe 18 which leads from the compartment 12 so that water, therein can be drained through the pipe 18 into the reservoir 10 when water is being let out of the latter.

The bottom 13 of the body 5 is substanthat' watertherein con be drained through draining of the compartments 11 and 12 in the direction of the water reservoir 10, the

partitions 7 beingperforated so that water from the said reservoir will be admitted to i the compartment 11, While formed in the upper'edge of the said body 5 is a groove 19 forming a seat for receiving the rectangularshaped spraying frame 20,'which is formed from piping having perforations so that water discharged therefrom will'flow down theinner faces of the walls of the body 5. The frame 20 medially thereof is formed with a cross pipe 21 having perforations 22 at diametrically opposite points so that water will be discharged from opposite sides thereof" and flow down the faces of the partition 8 for the cleaning of the exposed faces of the said partition. By spraying the trough in this manner the same is rendered thoroughly sanitary, the control of the water supply through the pipe 14 to thereservoir 10 and through the spraying frame 20 being controlled by means of the valve mechanism forming the subject-matter of my co-pending application hereinbefore mentioned.

Fromthe foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, 3

it is thought that the'construction of the device will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted. 7

What is claimed is A water trough comprising a body having a plurality of compartments, a pipe extended from the partitions therein forming a- ,water reservolr and independent drinking ments and opening into the other compart- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ment for establishing communication beinpresence of two Witnesses. tween the latter and the said Water reser- JOSEPH A. MAYNARD. voir, the bottom of the drinking compart- Witnesses:

5 ments being correspondingly inclined to- HOWARD ODELL,

Ward the reservoir. WILLET STEPHENS.

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